The Book of Revelation - His Feet of Brass - The Brazen Altar
John turned to see the voice that spoke with Him and being turned he saw. This is a powerful statement. John turned. Without turning He may have not seen. We as believers must turn to see the voice who is speaking, and when we turn and come into that state of being, as one turned, we will see Him who is IN the church. This turning will most likely be from all other voices. We will turn from our belief system. We will turn to only see Jesus.
Our state of being and our heart must come to this place that “I may know Him.” We must be willing to leave everything else behind. When the rich young ruler encountered Jesus, Jesus told him there is one thing lacking, “sell what you have and give to the poor.” The ruler possessed many material things and did not want to give them up. When we read this story in the Gospels, we may only attribute it to our natural goods. However, we ought to see our goods can be all those things we hold on to. Our goods can be our beliefs. They may be those things we set our hearts to whether we call them good or bad. From these we must to Him.
In John’s seeing of Christ in the candlestick He gives an extraordinary description one like the son of man. The Jesus he sees is unique. He does not say he saw his old friend in whom He had walked with in the earth, but the one in the midst of the candlestick has a powerful description that we plan to break down over the next few weeks. Get this! He has feet of brass, as if they burned in a fire. What does this mean?
Revelation 1:12 “And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; 13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. 14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.”
Every part of this description of Him must be broken down. What does God mean His feet are as brass? If I search this I must go back to the brazen or brass altar in the Old Covenant. I must search that altar out and see how it fits in Christ Jesus. What was the purpose of the Altar? It was the place of sacrifice. What did the sacrifice speak? The cleansing of sin, and the sweet aroma towards God.
What this brass altar is a picture of is our sacrificial lamb who is Jesus Himself. In the Old Covenant these sacrifices bore the sins of those who came to the Tabernacle or the Temple. There was a laying on of hands where the sins that was committed was transferred unto the sacrifice (Leviticus Chapter 1: 1-5). This is what was done in Jesus (Isaiah 53). He bore our sins. All we had done was transferred to Him.
Jesus was the fulfillment and sweet savor of the sacrificial system. He made one sacrifice for sins and set down in the authority of God. No other sacrifice can or will be made which can take away sins. If someone is pointing to another, please do not pursue it. Jesus has fulfilled it for all time. Glory to God in the Highest!
